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Steam Forums Hacked

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07-11-2011 6:53pm

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Maximilian

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Still down and no comment from Valve yet.

If like me you have the same password for the forums and Steam itself, you might want to change it. Just in case.

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#2 07-11-2011 7:14pm
Krusader

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Cheers for the heads up

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#3 07-11-2011 7:31pm
cherryghost

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I demand free games as compensation.

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#4 07-11-2011 7:38pm
ChunkyLover_53

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Enderman wrote: »

I demand free games as compensation.

I'm hoping the hackers wipe my details, I might save some money

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#5 07-11-2011 8:45pm
Sierra Oscar

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Individual account details should be secure, but that is me speaking unofficially and not on behalf of Valve.

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#6 08-11-2011 12:53am
Trevor451

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Steam guard FTW

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#7 08-11-2011 12:56am
Dante

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Heh.
http://i43.tinypic.com/nbcjzs.jpg

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#8 08-11-2011 1:34am
Spunge

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But im banned

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#9 08-11-2011 1:46am
Overheal

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after the boards hack I finally got around to making every password different. The only passwords that are the same now are low level bull**** accounts like for blogs and stuff. Anything to do with my email, accounts, banking, etc. is all much more secure.

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#10 08-11-2011 2:37am
Spunge

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Overheal wrote: »

after the boards hack I finally got around to making every password different. The only passwords that are the same now are low level bull**** accounts like for blogs and stuff. Anything to do with my email, accounts, banking, etc. is all much more secure.

whats your best password ?

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#11 08-11-2011 2:44am
Overheal

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Spunge wrote: »

whats your best password ?

Probably my email, to be fair. If you lose your email, you're pretty fecked, since it basically has the keys to all your other accounts via resets.

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#12 08-11-2011 7:16pm
SeantheMan

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No, the actual password please :P

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#13 08-11-2011 9:26pm
Wetai

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LastPass ftw

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#14 08-11-2011 9:45pm
Overheal

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SeantheMan wrote: »

No, the actual password please :P

that was gonna happen.

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#15 08-11-2011 9:56pm
Sarky

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SeantheMan wrote: »

No, the actual password please :P

Try password1. It does the job for me, anyway.

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#16 08-11-2011 9:58pm
Stev_o

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Try Guest

*Awaits to see if anyone gets the reference.

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#17 08-11-2011 10:00pm
Sarky

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Stev_o wrote: »

Try Guest

*Awaits to see if anyone gets the reference.

No way! Seriously, that's just Babytown frolics.

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#18 08-11-2011 11:03pm
D

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login: Australia

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#19 08-11-2011 11:39pm
pablomakaveli

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Are steam accounts seperate to forum accounts?

I dont think i've ever used the forums so i should be fine if they are.

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#20 08-11-2011 11:43pm
Sierra Oscar

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pablomakaveli wrote: »

Are steam accounts seperate to forum accounts?

I dont think i've ever used the forums so i should be fine if they are.

The databases are completely separate.

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#21 09-11-2011 12:37am
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i hope they wipe all the VAC bans!

-_-

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#22 11-11-2011 12:25am
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/10/steam-hacked/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29&utm_content=FaceBook

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#23 11-11-2011 12:29am
Sierra Oscar

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dreamers75 wrote: »

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/10/steam-hacked/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29&utm_content=FaceBook

Yep - now apparent that it was not only the forums targeted.

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#24 11-11-2011 1:18am
Sierra Oscar

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Considering this has now transpired to have been a far more serious and widespread hacking incident than we originally thought, I think it is best to keep the discussions to this thread.

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